Al Boldi <[email protected]> wrote:
> Second try; this time with a doc-update, and the ability to remount normally.
>
> Tested against 2.6.23.
>
> ---
>
> This patch introduces a rootdir kernel boot parameter, which specifies the
> path to the kernel sys_chroot boot dir.
>
> This is useful for systems that have more than one distribution installed on
> the same fs/partition.
1) This is useful for booting a rescue or test system, too. In those cases,
you might want to have the old root moved somewhere.
(Always "$rootdir/oldroot"? Additional parameter? I'm not sure ...)
2) You use a static buffer, but you don't check for bad return values of
strlcat().
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